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Curriculum Map (______9th_____grade level Earth Sci. Subject) Mark Tolman 2014 - 2015 Month Content Skills Aug 2014 Assessments Vocabulary (Term One) Plastic cup lab Science Skills & Thinking Processes Cooperative Learning Pros, Cons I can determine the pros and cons of cooperative learning. I can construct a metric line. I can use the metric system to record & manipulate measurements. I can classify various tools of a physical scientist 1 Student/teacher white board, quiz Student created practice quiz. Tools of a Physical Scientist Worksheet, Oral Q & A, quiz. Metric line, metrics, metric prefixes, base units, measurement meter stick, flask, beaker, stirring rod, graduated cylinder, triplebeam balance, etc. Students will understand how Earth science interacts with society. I will know the physical location of safety equipment in the room. I can define and describe various kinds of Earth Science jobs. Sept 2014 Earth’s place in the solar system. What is in room 119 worksheet? Science Skills & Thinking Processes Quiz Power point/ worksheet, Pictogram, & Mastery Connect (Physical Science specialties) Q#1, 9-3-14. I can relate the composition of Composition objects in the solar system to worksheet, their distance from the sun. composition lab, &practice quiz using SAGE questions. I can compare the size and scale of objects within the solar system. 2 Size activity, SAGE & practice quiz. Fire extinguisher, fire blanket, eye wash, shower, paper towels, sinks. Environmental science Astronomy Meteorology Geology Oceanography Composition of stars, nebula, moon, comet, meteor, asteroid, inner planets, outer planets fusion, , AU, gas giant Month Oct. Content We are part of the Milky Way galaxy. Skills Assessments I can compare the size of Solar System size the solar system to the lab, various Milky Way galaxy. worksheets, Conditions that support life on planets. I can identify life causing conditions. I can identify planets that have life. I can describe conditions on other planets in our solar system that have moons. Age of the Universe Oct. I can describe our moon and its features. I can identify evidence for the age of the universe, our solar system, and the Earth. Vocabulary Milky Way, solar system, student generated quiz’s, review sheets Mastery Connect Quiz # 3, 9-23-14. Moon phases Ch. 27, Oreo Moon Phase Lab Various worksheets. Universe, red shift, blue shift, Age lab Open notes quiz Big Bang Theory (BB) I can describe the BB & NB theories. 3 BB, NB Nebular Theory (NB) I can explain evidence that supports the NB. Causes of Earth’s Heavy Metals I can explain that heavy metals found on Earth once formed in stars. I will investigate and report how science has changed the accepted ideas regarding the nature of the universe throughout history. Mastery Connect Q #2, 10-21-14. Internet research on the tools of astronomer, Worksheets, Power point presentations, Quizzes, How recent technology helps. 4 Atomic particles, heavy metals, Coalescence, telescope, radio telescope, spectrometer, etc. technology, computer aided equipment, unnatural satellites, Space spinoffs, Space-Based Astronomy I can provide examples of how technology has helped scientists investigate the universe Mastery Connect Summative Test, 10-07-14. All of the above terms. Month Oct 8 Oct 9 + Content Go over the Summative Astronomy test answers and re teach if necessary. Skills Figure out the correct answers to the missed question’s. Assessments Class discussion. Evaluate the source of Earth’s internal heat and the evidence of Earth’s internal structure. I can identify the Earth’s layers and their Chemical and Physical properties. Handouts, worksheets, vocabulary oval worksheet, 5 Vocabulary Crust, continental crust, oceanic crust, mantle, 3D Earth Layers Lab, Density Lab, , quizzes. Oct. inner and outer cores, lithosphere, mesosphere, asthenosphere, density Formative Q #1 (Earth Layers), Mastery Connect, 10-29-14 I can identify two sources of Earth’s internal heat. Work sheets, quizzes, Radioactive Decay (M & M’s) Lab, Heat Transfer Jeopardy Game Nov Describe the development of the current theory of plate tectonics and the evidence that supports this theory. I can explain the evidence of continental drift and why it was not accepted. I can use the geologic 6 Handouts, worksheets, quizzes, Science articles Radioactive decay, isotope, half-life Heat transfer, Radiation, Convection, Convection currents, Conduction Continental drift, Alfred Wegener, Pangaea, seafloor spreading record to give examples of how Earth has changed over time. Nov I can describe the driving forces of plate tectonics. I can describe a lithospheric plate and identify the major plates of the earth. Fossils, fossil record Various handouts, worksheets, quizzes, group work Plate Tectonic Notability IPAD Theory, know reviews, the following Yellow Plate Name plates: ½ sheet handout, Eurasian, Student made African, North flash cards, American, Online practice Caribbean, map quiz Juan de Fuca, Cocos, Nazca, Scotia, South American, Arabian, Antarctica, Indo-Australian, Philippine, & Pacific Formative Quiz # 2 7 Convection currents, (Plate Tectonics), Mastery Connect, 11-14-14. I can describe the three types of plate boundaries and the results of plate movement Notability IPAD review, Edible Plate Tectonics Lab, Science articles, Worksheets, Convergent, Divergent, Transform, Rift Valley, Formative # 3 (Plate Boundaries), 11-21-14. Month Content Skills Assessments Vocabulary Nov I can describe how earthquakes and IPAD reviews, Various science articles, 8 Fault, Normal fault, volcanoes transfer energy from Earth’s interior to the surface. Dec 9 handouts/worksheets, Reverse fault, Strike Slip (Transform) fault, Thrust fault, stress, strain, elastic deformation, Earthquake lab, Volcano plastic oral reports, deformation, Quizzes Focus, epicenter, Seismogram, seismometer, Seismic waves, P waves, Swaves, Richter Research Project. scale, magnitude, amplitude, moment magnitude scale, modified Mercalli Scale, Formative # 4 Shield, cinder (Earthquakes/Volcanoes) cone, 12-12-14. composite, hot spot, fissure, caldera, viscosity, pyroclastic flow, IPAD reviews Group oral reports, Handouts/worksheets, Quizzes, Summative Test 12-18-14. 10 Tsunami, Liquefaction, Seismic gaps,